St Marys Island
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
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Closed — opens 10am
🌳 OutdoorSeasonal opening🏖 BeachEducational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
St Marys Island is a popular part-time tidal island off the coast of Whitley Bay, home to a Victorian lighthouse and a protected nature reserve. The causeway opens twice daily at low tide. Climb 137 steps for panoramic views of the North East coast. The Nature Reserve covers rock pools, clifftop grassland, a sandy beach and wetland habitats for wildlife spotting. The visitor centre has a shop with gifts and refreshments.
Opening hours vary with tides. Open daily May-October plus holidays and weekends at other times. Always check safe causeway crossing times.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Cool bag
- Flask of tea
- Travel games
- Rucksack
- Torch
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
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